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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Calm With Horses" Pages 132-167.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many operations did Bat need after the assault?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

2. What does Bat find in the gas station's bathroom sink?
(a) A wad of toilet paper.
(b) A broken tube of lipstick.
(c) An empty beer can.
(d) A daddy long legs.

3. When Teddy says, "I had a horn now," what is he saying is happening (33)?
(a) He is sexually aroused.
(b) He is becoming frightened.
(c) He is furiously angry.
(d) He is distracted and tired.

4. The atmosphere of "Bait" is partially created by what unusual weather?
(a) Thirteen days of heat and no rain.
(b) Lightening in a cloudless sky.
(c) Ten inches of rain over four days.
(d) Record-breaking high winds.

5. What does the page 38 expression "the lights were going up in just over an hour" mean?
(a) The streetlights will be on in just over an hour.
(b) Dawn is just over an hour away.
(c) The Peacock will close in just over an hour.
(d) They will be changing the electric sign over the Peacock in just over an hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator describing on page 1 when he talks about "tenderized brain cases and seesawing stomachs"?

2. What is Tug's theory about the two women supposedly sighted with Wayne Clancy?

3. Who is the person that Bat refers to as "the old dear"?

4. What is in the satchel that Dympna brings to the uncles' farm?

5. Which word best describes the uncles' house?

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